The class

Cooking fun with all the family

Tomates farcies, anyone?

Vélouté de courgettes with a twist

Roasted red pepper soup

Tapenade verte

Cuisine de Provence is not a cooking demonstration: after arriving at Barbara's house and a welcoming cup of coffee or tea you will put on your apron (provided) and from then on it's hands on participation!

Barbara will teach you four to five typical Provencal dishes that together will form your delightful, tasty lunch: a soup, one or two savoury tartes, savoury cakes or clafoutis, tapenade or anchoiade to be eaten with crudités and a dessert, of course - all accompanied by our wonderful regional wines. (See "What's cooking" on the homepage)

These recipes will enable you when back home to invite your friends to one of the great and uniquely Provençal pastimes: L'apéritif dînatoire. Which means lots of tasty dishes on the table, a bottle of Pastis, a pitcher of icecold water,

cool bottles of a regional red, white and rosé wine. The guest are invited to help themselves to all the

goodies. This is all about "convivialité", about getting together to have a good time and having an informal dinner at the same time.

You can also prepare a more formal dinner party à la Provençale by choosing just a predinner nibble, a first course and/or a dessert from the illustrated recipes you will be taking home with you. Bon appétit!

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To make your stay in and around Vaison la Romaine even more interesting, Barbara recommends the following adresses:

All there is to know about Vaison la Romaine:

www.vaison-la-romaine.com

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